CESC REVIEWER

> The term community depends on the context on how it

is used.
 HILLERY (1995)- reviewed 94 different definitions
and concluded that the cental link in understanding
community is on its PEOPLE.

3 COMMON NOTIONS OF DEFINING COMMUNITY

1. COMMUNITY AS SHARED POLITICAL TERRITORY AND
HERITAGE- group of people living in the same
geographical area where interpersonal ties are
locally bounded and are based on a shared
government and a common cultural and historical
heritage.
 INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE- educational,
military, government, and health care.
 GASSROOTS PERSPECTIVE- sitios, villages, and
baranggays
2. COMMUNITY AS A NETWORK OF INTERPERSONAL
TIES BASED ON COMMON INTEREST- ties, in turn,
provide mutual support, sense of identity and sense
of belongingness.
 VIRTUAL/ONLINE COMMUNITY- members
known as NETIZENS.
- special type of community that is
gaining popularity and increasing
membership.
- makes use of computer hard and
software.
 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS- built around
the foundations of common interest in
addressing social problems.
- work outside the government but
work for the citizens.
- NGOs, trade unions, indigenous
movements and etc.
3. COMMUNITY AS PROFOUND SHARING OF SPIRITUAL
AND/OR EMOTIONAL CONNECTION- pertains to a
sense of spiritual and/or emotional connection to
others, or communion with others on the basis of an
experience of a common problem, bond, or situated
cognition.
- Bethren Community, Community of
Disaster Services, HIV People.